(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 27 - The Indian variant could be responsible for 75% of new cases of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom: the British Minister of Health Matt Hancock said at a press conference, underlining that the latest data indicate a growth in infections .
The minister explained that at the moment over 50% per hundred or so of the infections is attributable with certainty to the Indian variant, but that this percentage could actually be 75%.
Today's statistics from the British health authorities - cited by the Guardian - indicate that deaths from Covid have increased by 14% from week to week, even if it is 57 victims in seven days, numbers always very low, as in the other indicators of the pandemic. . However, the downward trend has reversed, with cases growing by 20.5% in one week (3,542 new infections were recorded today). Hospitalizations also increased: yesterday the weekly difference was + 10.8% (but in the week ending May 23, the increase was 19.9% compared to the previous seven days). (HANDLE).